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Peace Negotiations
100
Archduke who was assassinated
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
100
Series of tunnels that provided cover for soldiers
What is a trench?
100
Neutral country invaded by Germany that led to Great Britain entering the war
What is Belgium?
100
British offensive designed to take attention away from French at Verdun
What is the Battle of the Somme?
100
Site of the peace conference following WWI
What is Paris?
200
Ottoman government's systematic extermination of this minority group
Who are the Armenians?
200
Space between opposing trenches
What is no-man's land?
200
Russia's main ally
What is France?
200
German troops who traveled lightly and specialized in fast, hard-hitting attacks
What are storm troopers?
200
Only Allied Power not to be invited to peace talks
What is Russia?
300
Country who made the first declaration of war
What is Austria-Hungary?
300
Aerial combat between planes
What is a dog fight?
300
Area in southeastern Europe where nationalist tensions eventually erupted into war
What is the Balkans?
300
Germany's attempt to end the war
What is the German Spring Offensive?
300
Payments Germany was forced to make after the war
What are reparations?
400
Longest battle of WWI
What is the Battle of Verdun?
400
A position in which neither side can make any advances
What is a stalemate?
400
Ethnic group of Russians, Serbs, and Bosnians
What is Slavic?
400
First significant action for U.S. Marines in WWI; seized heavily fortified German area
What is the Battle of Belleau Wood?
400
International group of countries established to ensure peace following the war
What is the League of Nations?
500
Treaty that withdrew Russia from WWI
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
500
Document sent by Germany to Mexico that promised Mexico a return of its land if it went to war against the U.S.
What is the Zimmerman telegram?
500
Area annexed by Austria-Hungary that angered Serbians
What is Bosnia?
500
Leader who led Russia's efforts to leave WWI
Who is Lenin?
500
Idea that borders of countries should be determined by ethnic and national identity?
What is national self-determination?
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